ArianespaceAriane 40Ariane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
SPOT 2
Launched
January 22, 1990
Image: Arianespace
Summary
SPOT 2 launched on an Arianespace Ariane 40 from Ariane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana on January 22, 1990. It was Arianespace's 34th launch, 1st this year and humanity's 3,481st orbital launch attempt. It was the 1st Ariane 40 flight. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). SPOT 2, one of 8 catalogued objects, reached a 789 × 844 km orbit inclined 98.7°. 8 objects from this launch are catalogued, 7 of them payloads.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Ariane 40 · Arianespace
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Earth Science · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 1st Ariane 40 flightArianespace's 34th launch1st this yearhumanity's 3,481st orbital launch attempt5th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
SPOT 2 · NORAD 20436 · 1990-005 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 8 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- SPOT 2
- Object ID
- 1990-005A
- Epoch
- 1990-01-22 01:42:01 UTC
- Mean motion
- 14.2476062 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0038583
- Inclination
- 98.6854°
- Ascending node
- 98.4215°
- Arg. of perigee
- 347.883°
- Mean anomaly
- 12.1417°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 0
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: LEO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
8 catalogued: 7 payloads, 1 rocket stage; 8 still in orbit
- SPOT 2 · NORAD 20436 · in orbit
- UoSAT-OSCAR-14 · NORAD 20437 · in orbit
- UoSAT-OSCAR-15 · NORAD 20438 · in orbit
- AMSAT-OSCAR-16 · NORAD 20439 · in orbit
- DOVE-OSCAR-17 · NORAD 20440 · in orbit
- WEBERSAT-OSCAR-18 · NORAD 20441 · in orbit
- LUSAT-OSCAR-19 · NORAD 20442 · in orbit
Ariane H10 V35 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
French Earth observation satellite
Pad
Ariane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
10th launch from Ariane Launch Area 2, 1st this year · 44th from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
119 launches from this pad · 336 from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
86 days after the previous launch from this pad
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Questions
When did SPOT 2 launch?
SPOT 2 launched on January 22, 1990. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch SPOT 2?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched SPOT 2?
Ariane 40, flown by Arianespace. Ariane 40 spec sheet
Where did SPOT 2 launch from?
Ariane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana.
What orbit did SPOT 2 reach?
SPOT 2, one of 8 catalogued objects, reached a 789 × 844 km orbit inclined 98.7°.
How many satellites did SPOT 2 launch?
7 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 7 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).